Package for cigars.



No. 676336. Patnted June u, lam; c. JOHANN.

PACKAGE FOR CIGARS.

(Applicafiion filed Apr. 2, 1901.

(No Model.)

nms PLTERS 00., PNOTO-LI TNO., WASHINGTON n c UNITED STATES LP NT E;

CHARLES J OHANN, OF- NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THEHAVANA-AMERICAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGE FOR CIGARS.

SPECIEIGATION arm n part of Letters Patent No. 676,136, dated June 11,1901. Application filed April 2, 1901. serial No. 54,06. (Ne model.)

Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Packages for Cigars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to packages for cigars, and has for its object toprovide a novel, cheap, and simple binder or wrapper by means of whichtwo or more cigars may be neatly, compactly, and securely bound togetherin a single package that is convenient to carry in the pocket and whichmay be sold for a fixed or determinate sum of money and which willrender it impossible to abstract one of the cigars from the packagewithout breaking or destroying the binder or wrapper.

It also has for its object to protect the ends of the cigars.

To these ends my invention consists in the novel package and the blankfor making the same hereinafter described, and particularly pointed outin the claims following the description, reference being had to theaccompanyingdrawings,forminga part of this specification, wherein-Figure 1 is a perspective View of the complete package. Fig. 2 isasimilar view of the binder or wrapper,the cigars not being shown; andFig. 3 is a View of the blank from which the binder or wrapperis made.

In the drawings I have shown the package as consisting of two cigarssecurely bound together in neat, convenient, and compact form by myimproved binder 0r package-wrapper, and this is the preferred form inwhich the packages are put upon the market; but it will be understoodthat more than two cigars may be placed in each package, the binder orpackage-wrapper being made of a size to inclose or bind together thenumber of cigars which it is designed the package shall consist of.

Referringto Fig. 1 of the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates two cigarsassembled side by side and close together. Fitted over the outer or openends of the cigars is a cap 2, which closely encircles the outer endportions of the cigars and covers and protects their open or cut ends.Over the opposite ends of the cigars is fitted a frusto-conical sleeve3,

that closely encircles the tip ends of the cigars and securely bindsthem together at this point. The capZ and sleeve 3 are connectedtogether by a strip or band 4, whereby when the package is completedneither of the cigars can be abstracted without destroying or breakingthe binder or package-wrapper.

The binder or package-wrapper may be made of paper or other suitablematerial and is constructed and applied as follows: From a sheet ofsuitable material is first cut a blank comprising the strip or band 4,from one end of which extend laterally in opposite directions twosegmental or arc-shaped wings or fiapsfi and 6, the wing or flap 5 beingconsiderably'longer than the wing or fiap 6, as clearly shown in Fig. 3of the drawings. Formed integrally with the flaps 5 and (5 is a wing orfiap 7, extending from the outer side or edge of the flaps 5 and 6 atsubstantially a right angle or in alinement with the strip or band 4.Adapted to be attached transversely to the free end of the strip or band4 is a segmental or arc-shaped strap 8, said stripor band being securednearer to one end of the strap than the other. The strap 8 is curved inthe reverse direction to the flaps 5 and 6 and may be convenientlyattached to the strip or band 4 by paste or other adhesive or by anypreferred or suitable means, or the strap may be made integral with theother portions of the blank; but by making it separately and pasting itto the strip or band, as

shown, an economy in material is efiected and the blank is easier to cutout.

In forming or making up the package the cigars are placed closely sideby side and laid upon the strip or band 4, the open or trimmed ends ofthe cigars being disposed in line with the inner edge of 1 the end flap'7." The short flap 6 is then folded or bentuplaround one of the cigars,the end flap 7 isnext folded up against the open or trimmed ends of thecigars and over upon the previously-folded flap 6, and the flap 5 isthenwrapped around the ends of the cigars and over the flaps 6 and 7 andis pasted thereto. The longer end of the flap 8 is next wrapped aroundthe tip or pointed ends of the cigars and lapped over the shorter end,to which it is pasted, thus completing the package. After the packagehas been made up in the manner described it will be impossible toremoveone of the cigars without breaking, tearing, or destroying thewrapper or binder, as the end flap '7, which passes over the open ortrimmed ends of the cigars, prevents the binder or wrapper from.

being Withdrawn over the cigars in the direction of the tips or pointedend of the latter,

and the frusto-conical sleeve 3, which encircles the pointed ends of thecigars, is ob- Viously too small to be slipped over the cigarswhensecured in place about the cigars neatly and compactly binds thelatter together in compact form most convenient to carry in the pocket,and when the cigars are sold fora fixed price-as, for eXample,-two forfive centsprevents dishonest retailers from selling the cigarsseparately at an advanced price.

The hinder or wrapper may have readily pri-ntedthereon the name of thebrand of the cigars and the manufactu rers name.

Having described my invention, What I claim is= I 1. A package-Wrapperfor cigars com-pris ing a tubular cap closed at its end for inc1os ingthe open or trimmed ends of a plurality of cigars, a-conical sleeve forencircling the pointed ends of the cigars, and a strip or band unitingsaid cap and sleeve, substantiallyas described.

2. A blank for making cigar-package wrappers or binders comprising astrip or band provided at one end with two wings or flaps projectinglaterally in opposite directions and an end flap projectingapproximately at a right angle to said lateral flaps, and a trans versestrap on the opposite end of the strip or band, substantially asdescribed. I

3. A blank for making cigar-package wrap- :pers or binders, comprising astrip or band provided at one end with two outwardlycurved wings orflaps of unequal length and projecting laterally from the strip or bandin opposite directions, and a straight end flap projecting approximatelyat a right angle to said lateral flaps, and a transverse strap on theopposite end of the strip or band, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

CHARLES JOl-IANN.

- Witnesses:

ALBERT GUILTAULT, GEO. MONTGOMERY.

